David Hammons: Body Prints, 1968–1979

The first book dedicated to these pivotal early works on paper, this title brings together the monoprints and collages in which artist David Hammons used the body as both a drawing tool and printing plate to explore performative, unconventional forms of image-making. Hammons created the body prints by greasing his or another body with substances including margarine and baby oil, pressing or rolling body parts against paper, and sprinkling the surface with charcoal and powdered pigment.
ISBN 9780942324419. The Drawing Center. pb. 144 pages. 36 colour, 18 b/w ills. 15.2 x 22.9 cm.
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